Profile image
Military service
Age:
29
Force:
Air Force
Unit/Regiment:
436 Transport Squadron
Birth:
June 12, 1953
Sandy Point, Nova Scotia
Enlistment:
July 6, 1972
Nova Scotia
Death:
November 16, 1982
Edmonton, Alberta
Burial/memorial information
Grave reference:
Lot 127, Range 34
Additional information
Son of Dannie Alfonzo and Majorie Hazel Smith of Sandy Point, Nova Scotia. Husband of Doris Marie (nee Joyal) Smith and father of Dannie Alfonzo Smith of Belleville, Ontario.
He completed his education in the province of Nova Scotia in June of 1971, and enlisted in the Canadian Armed Forces as a Traffic Technician on 6 July 1972.
Layton completed his Traffic Technician Trade Qualification Level Three course on 23 March 1973 and his Trade Qualification Level Five-A Course on 19 April 1977. He graduated as the outstanding student on his Trade Qualification Level Six-A Course on 5 March 1982.
M/Cpl Smith qualified as a CC130 Loadmaster on 21 April 1980 and was posted to 436 Transport Squadron, CFB Trenton on 16 May 1980.
The M/Cpl D. Layton Smith memorial award is presented to the outstanding student on the Logistics officer Air Movements Course.
Whites Front of Sidney Cemetery Ontario, Canada
Trenton, Ontario
For more information, visit Commonwealth War Graves Commission.
The Poppy Design is a trademark of The Royal Canadian Legion (Dominion Command) and is used with permission. Click here to learn more about the poppy.
Did we miss something?
Contribute information to this commemorative page
Do you have photographs, information or a correction relating to this individual’s virtual memorial? Learn more about the CVWM and the information we collect.